A few months ago, I was looking for a 240G acrylic tank and stand. I found one on Craigslist for $500.
Here's my old thread about it: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...nk-on-CraigsList-What-Would-You-Do&highlight=
Basically, the whole thing was suspicious. When I got there, the seller didn't want to fill up the tank all the way to the top. He had these 1" acrylic strips glued onto each edge. He said he did that to make it stronger, not because it had ever leaked. He had a sump for the tank, but he didn't want to start the sump because he "didn't want to clean the sump." So I never got to see the tank full all the way to the top and I never got to see the sump working. I was kind of stupid and I really needed a tank, so I gave him a small deposit to hold the tank for me. But I eventually walked away from the deal because people here on MFK said it sounded too shady.
Anyway, a month passes and I'm still looking for a 240G acrylic tank. I found another one on Craigslist and I went to Seller #2's house to check it out. When I got there, I noticed that it was the exact same tank that I had almost bought a month earlier. It had the same 1" acrylic strips on it as before. The guy was trying to sell it for only $350. It sounded too good to be true, and it was. The tank was empty when I got there. He looked nervous when I asked him questions like if it had ever leaked and why he didn't have any fish in it anymore.
The thing that was really trippy was that he had wood floors and I noticed that there was some moderate water damage to his floors (the boards were wavy like when water gets under them.) I also saw in another room that he had a big wet/dry vacuum. So I'm pretty sure that he set up the tank and it leaked all over his floors. And now he was trying to sell it for a bargain price to dump it off on the next guy.
So be careful when you're buying a tank on Craigslist. Look underneath the stand and around the floor for signs of leaks/water damage. If the seller seems nervous or you just have a bad suspicion about the deal, walk away because there will be other tanks that show up. I still can't believe that 2 different guys tried to rip me off on Craigslist.
Here's my old thread about it: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...nk-on-CraigsList-What-Would-You-Do&highlight=
Basically, the whole thing was suspicious. When I got there, the seller didn't want to fill up the tank all the way to the top. He had these 1" acrylic strips glued onto each edge. He said he did that to make it stronger, not because it had ever leaked. He had a sump for the tank, but he didn't want to start the sump because he "didn't want to clean the sump." So I never got to see the tank full all the way to the top and I never got to see the sump working. I was kind of stupid and I really needed a tank, so I gave him a small deposit to hold the tank for me. But I eventually walked away from the deal because people here on MFK said it sounded too shady.
Anyway, a month passes and I'm still looking for a 240G acrylic tank. I found another one on Craigslist and I went to Seller #2's house to check it out. When I got there, I noticed that it was the exact same tank that I had almost bought a month earlier. It had the same 1" acrylic strips on it as before. The guy was trying to sell it for only $350. It sounded too good to be true, and it was. The tank was empty when I got there. He looked nervous when I asked him questions like if it had ever leaked and why he didn't have any fish in it anymore.
The thing that was really trippy was that he had wood floors and I noticed that there was some moderate water damage to his floors (the boards were wavy like when water gets under them.) I also saw in another room that he had a big wet/dry vacuum. So I'm pretty sure that he set up the tank and it leaked all over his floors. And now he was trying to sell it for a bargain price to dump it off on the next guy.
So be careful when you're buying a tank on Craigslist. Look underneath the stand and around the floor for signs of leaks/water damage. If the seller seems nervous or you just have a bad suspicion about the deal, walk away because there will be other tanks that show up. I still can't believe that 2 different guys tried to rip me off on Craigslist.
